पृथुरुवाच वरान्विभो त्वद्वरदेश्वराद् बुध: कथं वृणीते गुणविक्रियात्मनाम् । ये नारकाणामपि सन्ति देहिनां तानीश कैवल्यपते वृणे न च ॥ २३ ॥
prthur uvaca varan vibho tvad varadesvarad budhah katham vrnite guna-vikriyatmanam ye narakanam api santi dehinam tan isa kaivalya-pate vrne na ca
- prthuh uvaca
- Prthu Maharaja said
- varan
- benedictions
- vibho
- my dear Supreme Lord
- tvat
- from You
- vara-da-isvarat
- from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the highest of the bestowers of benedictions
- budhah
- a learned person
- katham
- how
- vrnite
- could ask for
- guna-vikriya
- bewildered by the modes of material nature
- atmanam
- of the living entities
- ye
- which
- narakanam
- of the living entities living in hell
- api
- also
- santi
- exist
- dehinam
- of the embodied
- tan
- all those
- isa
- O Supreme Lord
- kaivalya-pate
- O bestower of merging in the existence of the Lord
- vrne
- I ask for
- na
- not
- ca
- also
My dear Lord, You are the best of the demigods who can offer benedictions. Why, therefore, should any learned person ask You for benedictions meant for living entities bewildered by the modes of nature? Such benedictions are available automatically, even in the lives of living entities suffering in hellish conditions. My dear Lord, You can certainly bestow merging into Your existence, but I do not wish to have such a benediction.